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Productive ag land is degrading into “salt sacrifice areas”

07/10/19 10:26 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS Alta Irrigation District California Rice Commission California State Water Resources Control Board Central Valley Project Clean Water Action CVWQCB Environmental justice Gavin Newsom Irrigated Lands nitrate control safe drinking water SGMA soil salinity State Water Project
The impacts of salt and nitrate pollution are costing the state at least $3 billion per year and taking ag land out of production, with salts impacting the valley for decades to come.
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Brad Hooker
Associate Editor, Agri-Pulse West

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